Burn bath table



DecQZS, 1948. N; OWENS A 2,457,174

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BURN BATH TABLE NealOwens; Newflrleans, La., and Raymond Jewell; Erie, Pm, assignors'to-Americamsterilizer Company, Erie; Pa.

ApplicatiomOc-tober.11-, 1944', Serial No. 558,160

'7 Claims: 1.

This inventiornrel'atesto a surgical. table, and

more; particularly to. a burnbathtable for.v supporting: patients. while-they. are being, treated for burns, althougnit; will: be understood thatthistable: canbe used'ifor. any typeoftrauma.

An object of. the invention is to provide a somplacomparatively light weight burn. bath table; which. will.- support. the; patient with. the

minimums arearof supporting surface in contact.

with .thapatient;

Another. object of the invention is to. provide. an

adjustable. burnabathtable which enables. the

physician/to. treat burns by the newly developed soap and water. system-wherein pure soap and sterile watergare gently flushed over. the burns.

Inasmuch as there. is a: comparatively large amount-of. fluidrused and-it is essentialothatthe fluiddrainirom. the. wound, a table which will properly hold the: patient. Whilev permitting this. form of treatment to:- be performed. is of great advantage;

Another} objector the. invention. is to provide a readily movable; table. with adjustable. wings 0r auxiliary frames for holding the armsandlegsof the patient while his body is supported in a.

horizontal posit-ion: on a comparatively narrow band of: fabric, whichtispreferably composed of a nylon strip.

A still further object; is to construct a table whereby. all drainage from the fiushingliquids used and any bleeding will be caught and discharged into a central trough where the liquids are led offflor disposal.

Inmakinsnp such a surgical table the present design issuch that the major portions thereof can be readily fabricated from simple pipe sections brazed or otherwise connected together.- The auxiliary.- radially extending armand leg holders are soconnected to the main frame: of thetable that! they may be readily pivoted. for movement in a horizontal plane and thus adjusted to suit the patients stature: Whentheburn bath table is not inuse the auxiliary anm and leg holders-are;

Essentially the present surgical table consists of an; elevated horizontal, rectangular frame.

havinglongitudinal? sides I and end bars 3 supporte'd'on vertical po'st's5 provided" with supporting'fioor; engaging caster'wheel's T. An arcuate, centrally arrangednupstanding post. Shaving a bifurcated lowerend' His attached to the endbar I 3 ofithe"elongated'horizontal frame and to a second end cross stretcher; 13 with the upper end of" the post terminating above the horizontaliplane. of .the main; frame; A central, vertical post I5;

of'a length approximately the same asthe front post!) is secured to the opposite end bar 3 andis fitted with. a detachable horizontal roller Ill;

The vertical post 9 is provided with a horizontal take-up roller I9 mounted on an axle 2I' mount:

ed in. offset detachable bracket 23' having its lower end" 25 positioned in the upper end. ofpost.

9. The axle 2| and the take-up roller l'9 are adapted to be. rotated by cross handle 21' and "held in fixed position byv thev ratchet and panel device 29 The patient is placed on the flat body sup.- portingband 3| of" suitable textile material, preferabl'y nylfon, carried. by rollers I! and I!) with the free; ends leading; to the take-up roller [9 whereby the position andtautness of the body supporting band may be regulated" by operationof Asillustratediinthe ratchet and pawl device 2 9. Fig. l, the patient is placed on the longitudinal "nylonband 31 which is comparatively narrow in width so as to reduce. the area in surface contact with the patient to' a minimum.

The patients arms and legs are further supported-and made'accessibl'e for. treatment by four member holding auxiliary tables or wings 35' pivoted. to the main frame Two of the wingsare plaoedf ad'jacenti the foot of the; main horizontal] frame at the opposite corners thereofv and the othertwo are pivotall'y'secured at the sides oflthe The. four; auxiliary tables. are all. 1

main frame; similar in construction with the two oppositely positioned wings or frames 35 for holding the patients arms mounted in the upper ends of the arcuate upwardly extending posts 31 secured at their lower ends to the longitudinal sides I of the frame. Each member holding wing 35 consists of a horizontal elongated basin 39 having an integral transverse and integral bottom web 4! on the under side thereof with a supporting socket 43 formed at the point of intersection of the web and associated liquid and fitted over the upper end of the posts 31. The sides and outer end edge of the elongated basins 39 extend upwardly and outwardly into a flange 45 and the parallel side edges of the basin form a track or retainer for an adjustable member supporting frame 47. These frames have spaced apart upright arms 49 joined by cross rods 5| with the-lower ends of the arms secured to the screw clamps 53 which cooperate'with the side flanges 45, and thus the frames, by operation of the screw clamps, may be positioned at any gravity. It will be observed that all four basins 39 discharge into a large elongated basin or trough 6| overlying the main rectangular frame of the table and underlying the horizontal planes of the patient supporting band 3|. Consequently, when the patient is washed the wash liquid and anybleeding is caught by the basins 39 and drained into bottom trough 6|. The elongated trough 6| may be held in detachable position by sockets 65 attached to the under side of the trough and cooperating with vertical extensions 63 on the main frame. A suitable drain outlet 61 leading to a pail or sewer connection is pro-- vided for the trough 6|.

The auxiliary holders including the respective drain basins may be pivoted or folded longitudinally or over the table whereby the apparatus can be conveniently stored and the overall space occupied thereby is reduced to substantially that of the frame proper.

We claim:

1.-A surgical table of the character described having a floor supported frame, vertical risers secured ,to the ends of the frame and a horizontal body supporting strip secured to the vertical risers, auxiliary arm and leg supporting means mounted on the frame, a liquid trough positioned on the frame below the body supporting strip, and elongated basins carried by the arm and leg supporting means arranged to discharge into the said trough.

2. Asurgical table of the character described having a floor supported rectangular frame, vertical risers secured to the ends of the frame and a narrow horizontal body supporting strip secured to the vertical risers, auxiliary arm and leg supporting frames pivoted intermediate the length of the sides and at the corners of one end of'the rectangular frame, a liquid trough positioned on the rectangular. frame below the body supporting strip, and elongated basins carried bythe auxiliary arm and leg supporting frames arranged todischarge into the said trough.

3. A surgical table as defined in claim 2 wherein the auxiliary arm and leg supporting frames include spaced vertical posts adjustably secured to the sides of the said elongated basins with fabric strips carried between the said posts on which the arms and legs are adapted to rest.

4. A burn bath apparatus comprising an elongated floor supportd frame, vertical risers respectively secured centrally of the opposite ends of the frame and extending above the upper plane -of the frame, a horizontal body supporting strip of fabric having its opposite ends attached to the upper ends of said risers, auxiliary arm and leg supporting frames pivoted intermediate the sides and atoppositely disposed points at one end of said frame, and a fabric strip secured transversely across the top of each of said auxiliary frames, said auxiliary frames and the fabric strips secured thereto being constructed and arranged to support the arms and legs in the same approximate plane as the body supporting strip.

5. A burn bath apparatus as defined in claim 4 wherein a liquid receiving trough is positioned on the elongated frame and liquid receiving basins are positioned on the auxiliary arm and leg sup-' porting frames in such a manner as to discharge into the said liquid receiving trough. 6. A burn bath table comprising, in combination,

an elevated horizontal frame, a liquid receiving trough supported on said frame, central end posts secured to the frame and extending vertically above the horizontal plane thereof, a horizontal,- ly and relatively narrow fabric body supporting strip secured between the upper ends of the vertically extending post, said strip being free from other support between said posts and auxiliary frames pivoted on opposite sides of the horizontal frame, each of said auxiliary frames being provided with a member-supporting fabric strip lying in substantially the same horizontal plane as said body supporting strip.

7. A burn bath table as defined in claim 6 wherein the auxiliary frames are pivoted adjacent the corners of one end of the horizontal frame and to the opposite sides of the frame in proximity to "the opposite end thereof.

NEAL OWENS. RAYMOND L. JEWELL.

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